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Swedish pole vaulter
Peter Widén (born 2 July 1967 in Växjö ) is a retired Swedish pole vaulter .
He set a national record of 5.75 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. The record currently belongs to Armand Duplantis with 6.18 metres.[1]
Achievements [ ]
Representing Sweden
1986
World Junior Championships
Athens , Greece
1st (q) [2]
5.00 m
1989
European Indoor Championships
The Hague , Netherlands
10th
5.40 m
World Indoor Championships
Budapest , Hungary
10th
5.40 m
1990
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
–
NM
European Championships
Split , Yugoslavia
—
NM
1991
World Indoor Championships
Seville, Spain
6th
5.60 m
World Championships
Tokyo , Japan
5th
5.75 m (NR)
1992
European Indoor Championships
Genoa , Italy
5th
5.60 m
Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
21st (q)
5.40 m
1993
World Indoor Championships
Toronto , Canada
18th (q)
5.30 m
World Championships
Stuttgart , Germany
11th
5.60 m
1994
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
1st (q)
5.50 m [3]
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
13th (q)
5.40 m
1995
World Indoor Championships
Barcelona, Spain
–
NM
World Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
18th (q)
5.40 m
1996
European Indoor Championships
Stockholm, Sweden
4th
5.70 m
1997
World Championships
Athens, Greece
21st (q)
5.45 m
1998
European Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
20th (q)
5.40 m
References [ ]
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